Programs offered via LCB-Online*:

Welcome to Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago

In the heart of Chicago, Illinois, a city renowned for its diverse restaurant scene, you can learn the way to prepare for a career in the culinary arts or pâtisserie and baking. Building on over 100 years of tradition, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago strives to provide career-focused training to students who want a creative future that’s anything but ordinary.

Learn the Way to the Culinary Arts

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago aims to provide a creative and supportive environment that simulates the culinary world. At our Chicago cooking school, you’ll work in industry-equipped kitchens, using fine ingredients and commercial-grade tools. Like our other students from the Chicago area and worldwide, you’ll train alongside professional chef instructors who share their real-world experience − and encourage you to develop your creativity. These masters of the craft teach classic foundational techniques and innovations essential to any style of cuisine. Through a methodology of demonstration followed by hands-on application, you can develop new skills and the confidence to continue your journey to a world of culinary possibilities.

Get a Taste of the Real World

You can gain valuable back-of-the-house and front-of-the-house experience as you practice your skills in the many positions of our Chicago campus, student-run restaurant. As you near completion of your training, you could perfect your skills in real-world externship, working with and being mentored by culinary or hospitality establishment professionals.

Graduate with Skills Applicable to a Professional Culinary Career

Through our immersive approach and hands-on training at our Chicago culinary school, you’ll learn the way to prepare for the next step of your journey to a culinary future. By the time you graduate, you can be ready to pursue a wide variety of culinary positions or to hone your skills and advance your career in the culinary, hospitality and foodservice industries.

*Our school has an articulation agreement which allows our graduates to transfer into a Culinary Management BA online program offered by Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale (ACICS/ACCSC Accredited). This articulation agreement is a formal, written document that defines how courses taken at our school can be applied towards this online program. Contact an Admissions Representative for more information.

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*Le Cordon Bleu in North America had more culinary graduates in the USA than any other national network of culinary schools, for the years 2006 to 2011. Source: IPEDS.

Program offerings may vary by campus. Not all programs are available to residents of all states. Credits earned at Le Cordon Bleu are unlikely to transfer externally, but Le Cordon Bleu credits will transfer within Le Cordon Bleu if you choose to continue on and pursue a higher degree program with us.

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